YELLOWMAN AND MIGHTY DIAMONDS - HAVE MERCY

YELLOWMAN AND MIGHTY DIAMONDS - HAVE MERCY
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WWW, November 2008 - A rare video with an exceptional combination: Yellowman meets the Mighty Diamonds in a gathering that is too sweet to ignore!

Yellowman stand synonymously with, let's say, dirty lyrics. The bulk of it was meant as a joke because Yellowman himself is severely handicapped due to the fact that he is an albino, but many have not caught the joke and maybe not everything was that funny indeed.

However, none of that in this special tune. A remake of the classic Mighty Diamonds track "Have Mercy", we also hear and see the singers whose sweet voices are never too much. And we meet the King of Dancehall, as he chants along with the rhythm and the singers.

Crucial!

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BLACK UHURU - BULL IN THE PEN

BLACK UHURU - BULL IN THE PEN
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WWW, November 2008 - In this video, we meet Black Uhuru with Sly and Robbie and a whole lot of other musicians in the studio. The vibe of the 1980's is perfectly captured, where the music could have been played today as well.

Sly and Robbie have been using their cooperation with the vocal group Black Uhuru to produce some of the most progressive Reggae at the time. It captured the vibe of the time, just like Burning Spear and Bob Marley had done before, which led them to introduce Reggae to a new audience.

When they produced "Bull In The Pen", Sly Dunbar was heavily involved in the digital drum kit, which he used in ways nobody had done before. We see him playing along with Robbie Shakespeare and a lot of other crucial musicians.

Niceness!

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BLACK UHURU - ORIGINAL FOREIGN MIND

BLACK UHURU - ORIGINAL FOREIGN MIND
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WWW, November 2008 - Black Uhuru's name is inseparably connected with the names of Mikal Rose, Puma Jones, Duckie Simpson, Sly and Robbie. In this video, we see only one of them.

Don Carlos and Junior Reid are two great Reggae vocalists who have been members of Black Uhuru throughout the group's history. In this video, we team up with Junior Reid as the lead vocalists with Duckie Simpson as everlasting member of the group.

Junior Reid obviously has the voice that keeps everything together, while many people will surely miss the drum and basslines by Sly and Robbie as well.

Still, this is not a video to skip, as we see Junior Reid doing a wonderful performance. Original Foreign Mind in itself has become a classic, which says a thing when considered neither Sly nor Robbie was there.

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LUCIANO - OVER THE HILLS

LUCIANO - OVER THE HILLS
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WWW, November 2008 - Luciano meets Sizzla, and together they go up to the hill of the Bobo Shanti Rasta. To chant down Babylon, and to congregate among brethren.

In this 1996 video, we see the Messenger as he wants to find a place to rest. Suffering in the ghetto's, wars and rumors of wars, death and destruction takes it's toll and it's not just the ones who die that suffer.

As we walk along with him, we land in Creation, in Nature, where Jah Works are seen and felt and freedom is tasted. We meet Sizzla and he receives more power during his meeting with his brethren and with the Creator as he trods through creation.

Ire Ites!

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PRINCE LINCOLN AND THE ROYAL RASSES - KINGSTON 11

PRINCE LINCOLN AND THE ROYAL RASSES - KINGSTON 11
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WWW, November 2008 - Hammersmith Palace was the scene for an energetic, lively, conscious and above all historic event, when Prince Lincoln and the Royal Rasses performed.

Right after the introduction, the band starts playing an impressive intro. Of course, you must have been there to feel it, but the vibes still radiate from the screen when watching this video.

When Prince Lincoln enters stage, the vibe is right and the tones are set. The horns start to play, the Prince starts to sing, the music flood like rain.

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SUPERCAT AND REGGIE STEPPER - JUNGLIST

SUPERCAT AND REGGIE STEPPER - JUNGLIST
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WWW, November 2008 - In the 1990's, there was an explosion of Drum and Bass, or Jungle, or whatever the name was. The music was brand new, and it sound like this.

Supercat and Reggie Stepper get together for an extremely danceable tune: It's called Drum 'n' Bass, or Jungle: an ultra deep bass with a breakbeat on top of it, et voila: there was a mysterious combination of highly energetic drums and an ultra-cool bassline.

The Sound of the Nineties: check it!

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YASUS AFARI - HONOR

YASUS AFARI - HONOR
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WWW, November 2008 - DUB Poetry is where several forms of Art meet each other in Reggae Music.

It started in the 1970's, and in 1992 it sounded like this.

The music is digital, the poet is Yasus Afari. He is keeping up the tradition of DUB Poetry in Jamaica, and he does so from his consciousness as a Rastaman.

In this video, we see and hear him chanting down Babylon's new world order. Straight to Babylon Head!


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STILL COOL - TO BE POOR IS A CRIME

STILL COOL - TO BE POOR IS A CRIME
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WWW, November 2008 - In this 1979 TV performance by the UK group Still Cool, we see them singing the tune that is a classic until this day.

Don't ask me what these vinyl scratches do in the sound. This is not your average You-Tube clip, where you hear a tune and see photo's: we see the singers as they playback on the tune.

This 1979 video clip is, just like the singers, still cool. An incredibly sensitive UK Roots tune, that unfortunately has a theme which is actual even today, almost thirty years after the video was recorded.

Behold!

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